Quilting Arts"Totes and Bags"
Time to tout your totes! First up on this episode is Candy Glendenning, who shows how to create a messenger bag, filled with pockets that will keep you organized, and a flap that is a beautiful piece of fabric art. Then Valori Wells demonstrates how to make a tote featuring painting on canvas, fabric collage, and stitching. Finally, Pokey and Susan Brubaker Knapp solve a design dilemma on the Save My UFO segment, where viewers send in their quilt problems for advice from the experts. D

2:30 pm

Hometime"Granite Bar Top"
The HOMETIME team expands a basement entertainment area with a new island and hand-blown lamp shades. D

3:00 pm

Woodsmith Shop"Top Shop Tips"
In the Woodsmith Shop, we're always looking for ways to make woodworking faster, safer, and more accurate. See some of our favorite shop tips and techniques from the pages of Woodsmith magazine. D

3:30 pm

This Old House"Bedford Project, Part 12 of 16"
General contractor Tom Silva and master carpenter Norm Abram install the massive decorative timbers in the new family room. Meanwhile, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows host Kevin O'Connor the location for the new A/C condenser and how to set it on a prefabricated concrete mounting pad. Then, Norm visits the Parson Capen House in Topsfield, Massachusetts - a house similar to the Bedford house from 1683 that's been largely unaltered over the years. D

4:00 pm

Ask This Old House"Installing a Battery Back-up Sump Pump; Fixing a Rusty Metal Railing"
Plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey travels to Philadelphia to install a battery back-up sump pump. Then Richard, along with host Kevin O'Connor, landscape contractor Roger Cook and general contractor Tom Silva, asks, "What Is It?" Afterward, Tom fixes a rusty metal railing on a set of front steps. And Kevin shares a tip about how to store a wheelbarrow. D

4:30 pm

Growing a Greener World"Greenhouses for Year-Round Growing"
No matter how big or small, from commercial growing to the simplest homemade version, there's a greenhouse for any budget. They make year round growing a possibility no matter where you live. This episode covers the basics and shows off some great places as examples to inspire viewers that anyone can do it. D

Dialogue"Jan Schaffer"
This week on Dialogue, host Joan Cartan-Hansen speaks about the future of journalism with J-Lab Executive Director Jan Schaffer. According to the Pew Research, 41% of Americans get their national and international news from the Internet. What does that mean for the future of newspapers and television newsrooms? And in a digital age, what is news and how do we know when we can trust what we read?G

6:00 pm

Lidia Celebrates America"Holiday Tables & Traditions"
Chef and culinary author Lidia Bastianich begins her new series of specials that celebrate culture through food by exploring the American immigrant experience through the revelry of the holidays. She first prepares a traditional Italian Christmas Eve La Vigilia (feast of the seven fishes) wth actor Stanley Tucci. Then she visits a Mexican-American holiday celebration in San Antonio, Texas, takes in Chinese New Year in San Francisco, and attends a Passover Seder in New York City.G

7:00 pm

Outdoor Idaho"Winter Wonderlands"
Falling snow transforms the Idaho landscape into a magical playground for those willing to venture outdoors. Home to eighteen alpine ski areas, Idaho also has dozens of trail networks for Nordic skiing and offers more than 7,000 miles of groomed snowmobile trails, more than any other western state. Idaho is truly a winter wonderland for winter recreation.G

7:30 pm

Oregon Field Guide"Arctic White Geese/Paragliding Race/Treeverse"
The episode follows a group of volunteers, who for 13 years have been documenting Arctic geese that migrate through the Malheur Refuge where they find geese from Russia and Canada. Then paragliders fill the skies as they compete to reach GPS waypoints spread between Jacksonville and Medford.G

8:01 pm

Nature"Christmas In Yellowstone"
The undisturbed beauty of Yellowstone National Park in winter dress is NATURE's holiday gift to viewers. Cameras capture breathtaking landscapes that frame intimate scenes of wildlife making their way through their most challenging season of the year. Filmmaker Shane Moore, who lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, leads the way on this winter exploration that includes meeting Tim Murphy, who has skied into Yellowstone for 26 winters to photograph its wonders.G

9:00 pm

Masterpiece Classic"Downton Abbey (S1 E3)"
Growing into his role as heir, Matthew brings out the bitter rivalry between sisters Mary and Edith. Servants Thomas and O'Brien scheme against Bates, while head housemaid Anna is increasingly attracted to Bates. Lady Violet's winning streak in the flower show is threatened. Part 3 of 4G

10:30 pm

New Tricks"Power House"
In the wake of new evidence, Hannah wants her grandfather, who was hung for murder, exonerated and posthumously pardoned. Her grandfather worked at the Battersea Power Station, and now the team looks at additional jobs the furnaces there might have handled.G

11:30 pm

Travelscope: Christmas In Switzerland
Host Joseph Rosendo journeys to Lausanne, Montreux and Basel to bask in the glow of a Swiss-style Christmas at holiday markets, on a scenic train ride, and atop a Ferris wheel. He witnesses a 600-year-old clock-tower tradition in Lausanne.G